Britain Raises Irish Terror Threat Level

Warning: Security experts believe the Real IRA has access to explosives and has members with experience of carrying out attacks such as the Canary Wharf bomb in London in 1996 (pictured)

Irish Terror Attack A 'Strong Possibility' -- BBC

The threat level to Britain from Irish-related terrorism has been raised from moderate to substantial.

Home Secretary Theresa May said it meant an attack was a "strong possibility".

It was the first time this threat level had been published, the Home Office confirmed.

The head of security service MI5 warned last week that dissident republicans opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland could strike mainland Britain.

The threat from Irish-related terrorism to Great Britain is still lower than the overall threat from international terrorism, which remains unchanged at "severe".

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